Rokirovka v dlinnuyu storonu (1969) - full transcript
Film is set in 60s Leingrad, Russia. The main character Boris Lebedev (Demyanenko) is a young talented biomedical scientist. He is in love with the German student Sonya. This is used by the foreign intelligence agents to trap Boris Lebedev, and to blackmail him into cooperation with the foreign spy. But Boris Lebedev is not an easy victim. He is using his analytical mind to outsmart the enemy, and he wins.
LENFILM
First Creative Union 1969
Castling the long way
Script: Yuri Vasil'ev Vladimir Grigor'ev
Screenplay: Vladimir Grigor'ev
Operator: Vladimir Chymak
Artist: E. Gukov
Composer: A. Gagulashvili
Sound operator: I. Volkova
Montage: R. Shvarz Director: M.
Sheinin Operator: Yu. Voronzov
Costumes: E. Amshinskaya
Make-up: A. Bufetova
Assistant directors: V.
Zhyravel' A. Grigor'ev N.
Stepanov Operators: G. Alehin
D. Garashenkov V. Markov
Editor V. Shwarz
Conductor Yu. Serebriakov
Director: B. Griner
Actors: Boris Lebedev -
ALEKSANDR DEM'YANENKO
Brooks: AL'GIMANTAS MASYULIS
Sonya - IRINA VAVILOVA
Rebrov - P. LUSPEKAEV Viktor: O. KORNICH
Konchinski - M. EKATERININSKY, Henry
- G. POLOKA, Karson - S. KOSMAUSKAS
In episodes: Z. Dorogova L.
Dranizin N. Zhyravel' N. Karpenko
Yu. Nesterov G. Nilov A.
Suvorov V. Tumanov M. Yurasova
Put your glasses on
You have arrived
You don't recognise me?
My surname is Brooks
I don't care
Put me in touch with the Embassy
Do not start with the banale
You are an intelligent man
Put me in touch with the Embassy!
Read
Here
Lower
In light of above, I
ask for political asylum
Do you recognise the signature?
Not mine
You are too categorical
Tests can be performed
These injections
What was injected?
Calm down
There will be no more injections
You had alcohol poisoning
Try to remember
Yesterday night in
Meinz in the restaraunt
During the celebration
Do you remember?
Oh yes, you really are unwell
You need a rest
Well, how was it?
He is overly excitable
That is what appeals to me
With whom was he on
probation in West Germany?
With Professor Mullmann
From the Heidenberg university. He
is of very high opinion about Lebedev
His intellect is ten or
eleven on a twelve-bar scale
It does not concern
you that he is a biologist
No, it does not concern me
Not even a tiny bit
On the contrary - he will be useful to
us as he knows the necessary material
Have you really stopped the injection?
Yes. I want him to
decide with a clear mind
Otherwise he may surprise us later
He can surprise us now
- there are two days untill
the end and his
dissappearance may be noticed
During two days I will find a key to him
But... in case of most extreme scenario
We have psychiatric hospitals
No injections
Calm down
The injections are abolished
But you will have to take this
It is a sleeping pill
Everything is all right
Try to fall asleep
Let's go
Where were you?
Just conversation with
a chance aquintance
Well then
Today you look at lot better
Maybe there is something
you'd like to ask of me
Please, do not be shy
My tie
Naturally, it will be returned to you
Actually...
It does not match
As you like
Let us not play hide-and-seek,
as they say in Russia
We are interested in you
We hope to generate interest in response
You hope to create a revolution
in biology with my help?
I am glad you have not
lost a sense of humour
So, about your business
You have not become involved by accident
If one looks at you carefully
It is not hard to guess that you
have somehow lost yourself in life
Interesting
I was born in Leningrad
During the blockade, in winter
I was very weak and barely survived
Only started walking
two-and-a-half years old
Then they noticed one of my
legs was shorter than the other
Blockade rations and all that
When I was nine I had an operation
but never could completely stop limping
Just a little imperfection,
and because of it...
You retreated into yourself
Discovered a painfully high self-esteem
You immersed yourself
fully in books, in Science
But it is unlikely that you were
valued as high as you deserved to be
But your probation period in
West Germany went splendidly
By the way, you met Sonya Sterz there
Do you remember how
you were tortured by doubts?
Who Fraulein Sof'ya would
prefer: yourself or Victor?
I am forced to listen to whatever
rubbish comes into your head
But one thing I insist on
Do not pry into my private life
Ok?
Who has a private life nowadays?
A private life!
I want to help you find yourself
We want action - unstoppable
protest against the goverment
That is the main aim of the
Union of German Socialist Students
Initally we need to limit the
universities link with industry
This is how we can prevent
the serial production of idiots
I would genuinely like
to wish you success
But what will you achieve?
When you become parents,
your children will also rebel
Rebel against you!
You radical view is simply a
manifestation of biological aggression
It will burn out with age
How old are you?
You are our guest and we
are forced to speak politely
You are wrong to be
shy, I say what I think
Young people must find a
way to cooperate with society
The question is - with which society
We have started to look carefully at our
society and we are convinced it is rotten
It emits a stink
You ought to cut your hair
more often or use deodorant
You want to cleanse society?
Look carefully at yourselves
Who have you chosen as your teachers?
The argentinian Che Guevara
The frenchman Juilles De Braille
The black man Fanon
Some of you the chinese man, Mao
Do you present a united power?
Which is capable of making society better
Yes, we have different leaders,
but we care about the same problems
The place of the King and Kennedy
brothers makes us no less furious
than the appeance in our
country of followers of Adolf Hitler
One of whom shot our Comrade Rody Duchki
We have the same mottos
and a wide set of political right
The participation in
university management
Stopping the war in Vietnam
Nothing has united
American and British students
as much as protesting
against the Vietnam war
Only russian students
have remained indifferent to it
You became a student during the Korean
war and studied in three colleges since
It is time for you to speak on
behalf of an older generation
I do not think you are as naive
as you try to pretend you are
It is the help our country provides
Vietnam, including weapons
Which holds the invasion
within certain boundaries
But you did not answer the question
Is that the official viewpoint?
I would like to know
your personal opinion
Thirty years ago russian
men went to fight in Spain
Like young americans, french, germans
Are you satisfied by my reply?
Thank you
I would like to ask
your friend a question
What does he think
about Marks' doctrine of the
death of "State"
during socialism?
Is it correct?
Yes, historical
circumstances will lead to a
replacement of State
with communal goverment
But only during Communism
Is that your personal opinion?
If an atomic war does not get in our way
Bravo, you spoke wonderfully!
Although what you believe
is, of course, unachievable
And what do you believe in?
My Dear, illusions are very dangerous
It is them which will one
day lead to an explosion
Practicality, on the contrary,
allows to calm the beast
At every step we demonstrate
our devotion to society
Our readiness to serve it
Where as in reality we
are serving all of humankind
You do not agree?
Your friend is a great
dancer, the girl too
Yes, I liked you back then
Your entire being was
keen on achieving one goal
To conquer Sonya
It was then, as should have been expected
You said something you should not have
What exactly?
Are you familiar with this Magazine?
Aren't you?
The replacement of
state with community ruling
- that what young
Soviet scientists deman
That can be achieved if the
goverment does not start an atomic war
They claimed
Falsification
The wording is somewhat
licensious, but when this article
is put together with your
dissappearance from Germany
And appearance here
Just one question
Please
Tell me. That day, in
the castle of Hornberg
Were you not ashamed
to pretend to be a scholar
No, I really am a scholar
Not a biologist like you, a physisist
Interesting, which domain of
Physics do your current activities fit?
My young colleague
The last days of war
Hitler already had rockets
that could start from submarines
He was going to use them to
attack New York and your Leningrad
Due to the spy activity, Hitlers
secrets remained no longer his alone
Maybe that is why you are alive
Hitler's secrets
Hitlers secrets became yours
when our troops entered Berlin
Very well
Let us no longer speak
of the dead man Hitler
Let us instead speak of your
compatriot, Professor Konchinsky
Sir Lebedev, Sir Chernov - Doctor
Mullman awaits you in the library
I can give you good news - your
paper has been published in America
Look, I have kept my promise
You will receive payment in a month
In your place I would wait untill you
return to Leningrad before publication
Are you serious?
In any case, you would be
published abroad sooner or later
You know, times have changed
In the past, biologists used to be
quartered for respecting the West
Now the West bows to us
for what we are doing here
I did not know you had such opinions
Here are the two young
slackers I told you about
Professor Konchinsky
would like to meet you
Our famous compatriot
Greetings, Sirs
I have read your article
Very interesting
My colleague Chernov is also
writing a very interesting piece of work
Yes, especially his methodology
Pleasant to hear it
I carefully follow works
of young russian biologists
Even though we belong
to different generations
By the way, Gentlemen, I
have come to make you an offer
Would you like to work in
my laboratory for a year or two
I think my colleague
here will not be jealous
I have secrets to share
Business-related and otherwise
Personally, I'd love to
accept your offer but...
I hope you understand it does
not just depend on my wishes
I understand
I want just one thing: for
everything to be open between us
I left Russia as a student
With my parents
Except one occasion,
for which I paid dearly
I never got involved in politics
I corresponded with
Vavilov and Shemerkaudze
But now these names are
respected in Russia, as far as I know
I do not know what is
thought of me in my Homeland
But I always felt for my Homeland...
In short, Gentlemen
My soul is pure
In front of you
If I tempt you to join me for a year
Do you think you
aquiantance with
Konchinsky will do
you any favours there?'
Not at all
His speech about emigrants is published
The year 1921
There are newer ones
Two young russian scientist are
invited to work in West Germany
So what?
How can this emigrant newspaper
have known about a private conversation?
It is on the tape of your tape-recorder
Quite possibly
But you have not replied to my question
It seems that Konchinsky is
collaborating with the emigrants
Oh yes
It will look just like that
You are wrong to view it so lightly
By the way, would you
like to know what your
friend Chernov thinks of
Konchinskys invitation?
A fantastic offer
guarantees a great career
The old man is so
famous that after working
with him you will be
taken to any laboratory
Even in the States
That is impossible
By the way, I don't
know about Boris, but I...
Do you mean that girl, Sonya? For her...
Again you misunderstand me
Turns out he is smarter than you,
and you are left with nothing again
What are you on about?
Who do you want to deceive?
You think I don't know
what happened between you
There is something
appealing in being able
to read other's
thoughts, isn't there?
Yes
If you forget for a
minute it is dishonourable
Yes, dishonourable
But do not forget what
sort of world we live in
Lies all around
Spies
Betrayal
Better to read thoughts of others
than to allow them to read yours
You will find that out soon
Today you met with Professor Konchinsky
A lovely, though somewhat naive old
man offers you to work for him for a year
If it is worth fighting
for this, then only for S.
By this mysterious "S."
I assume Sonya Sterz is meant
Now you recognise your own handwriting
Remember what you wrote
on the 14th of february?
I never thought I could be so happy
This takes me higher
than what I could imagine
It is not hard to understand
For know reasons, you were
not spoilt by female attention
And then, on the 14th february...
You are easily influenced
But are direct enough
You life will be long
Very
The line of fate
The line of fate...
Is about 30 years long
Another line appears
Which is next to the first
line and strengthens it
What a pleasant surprise!
Happy to see you, Sonya
But it seems you do not feel
the same. Have I guessed right?
You guessed right
Boris
Your girlfriend has lovely manners
She cannot spit in a man's face
I wanted a chess game
Will have to do it next time
Bye!
Do you have any wine?
No, Sonya
I have some in the car
Will you go get it?
My dad died in 1944
That is why I do not remember him at all
When he died, things
were hard for Mother and I
One time, we did not eat for several days
So I went to the refuse-tip
Wanted to find something
But it was too late
So, and suddently
A woman with a bucket
Gave me two herring-heads
I grabbed them, ran
But then saw a girl
standing in an entrance
A girl just like me maybe a little older
She was looking at me
I stretched the fish heads out to her
She grabbed them and
shouted to me: Get lost!
I couldn't step away, I just
stood there and looked at her
Then she lifted her arm and...
Why am I telling you all this?
It's my Grandmothers
I will stay at yours tonight
They told me you are not eating
That is a mistake -
you need your strength
Another piece of advice
Never reveal your feelings
I have already started to reform
Great
So let us talk about Sonya Sterz
Do you not think there is something
strange in the way she treats you?
I do not think that
You are tired?
Mummy sent a letter
Is inviting us to Meinz for three days
You thought of this trip yourself
Myself?
Mummy will be pleased
How will you introduce me?
My mum does not ask questions
May I ask you a stupid question?
Borya...
We are together
What else can there be?
We will be together
for another month or two
Do you think about that?
Borya
Can you stay here for a year at least?
No
I cannot go with you
My mother is here
My Father
My Father lived here, everything
is here for me, you see?
You will leave, I will stay
Both you and I must continue living
Or do you think we will
jump under a train together?
No
Borya
Let us not make
things difficult, I ask you
You do it cunningly
You could do it too
I lack the imagination
Nonsense
It is very simple
We have the equipment to record
sound at a distance of 50-70 metres
Even if you whisper
But with the permission
of your friend, the
microphone could
have been on her person
Bravo
First Chernov, Konchinsky
Now Sonya
There is no love, friendship
Denying it is no less
banale than believing it
My goal is different
Life is such that you
are unlikely to be believed
But rather our version will be trusted
Any tale about Sonya will be trusted
And when you believe this you
will have to collaborate with us
You are wasting your time
We have almost reached our goal
It remains to remind
you of your trip to Meinz
To the celebration of "Fashing"
Lebedev
That is for the sleeves
This medal is given for the best dance
This is a princess crown
Greeting at the Fashing and then kissing
You probably will not understand me
But I was always against Slavistics
Sonya is obstinate
Just like her dad
She wanted to read
Dostoevsky in the original
Mummy has started on her favourite topic
Really, I am not sure why you
are so against Slavic studies
English, Italian, Japanese
give well-paid jobs
Where as Slavic studies
What?
What is up with you
I do not want to work
In any large company
Life is harsher than
you would like it to be
Boris, are there similar
celebrations in Russia?
Maslenitsia
Before they would ride on
Troika horse-carriages with bells
Burned straw dolls symbolising winter
Made pancakes
Boris, I want to ask
What is wrong with your leg?
With my leg
I was born during the Leningrad Blockade
In winter
You are unfair towards him
Our feelings for each other are serious
Maybe he is a great
person, but he is from Russia
Everything repeats itself, Sonya
Everything
Your Father was german
How much he had to go
through because I am Chekh
Maybe he will stay in
Germany another year
He has been invited to work
In a large laboratory
He promised
Did you really promise her?
No
How can you prove that
How can you explain what
happened in the restaraunt yesterday
Sonya was a little drunk
And that is it?
No-one will believe that
Do you want to spoil
the celebration for me?
Just today I ask you
not to create problems
Do not drink, Sonya
Leave me alone!
I am a grown-up
I know for myself what I
should and should not do
You do not want to
give anything up for me
Who have we here?
Where did you come from?
Just like you I have come to celebrate
Where they drink the most
Sonechka, you will allow me?
What to do with you,
fool, you may sit here
Let us drink
Let us
I am bored otherwise here
With pleasure, my dear fools
Who is that man?
Offering heroin
Listen, maybe you should try some?
A real man should experience
everything, right, Sonya?
What are you laughing at?
Based on your hair...
You are an idiot
Sonya!
Brudershaft
How I understand you
But it is worth staying for this girl
What do you mean?
Do not pretend to be a fool
I know everything
So
Twelve hours later, you were here
Now you can assess
the situation for yourself
You were constantly
connected to Henry Arland
He is well known as a
drug-dealer by international police
It is likely that you discussed your
Homeland unfavourably with him
The emigrant Konchinsky
offered you to stay in Germany
Sonya Sterz also
encouraged you to do that
In the Meinz restarant
during celebrations
You started drunk debauchery
You ended up at
the police-station,
afraid of the consequences
of your actions
Naturally, you came to us
asking for political asylum
That is how it will all appear
I want to help you find yourself
To become stronger
More confident
To control your life
Instead of being a
robot amongst thousands
No everyone is capable
of it, but you could
Now
With my help
If you refuse - your life and
scientific career will perish anyway
Suspicious looks behind your back
You will remain a loser
In addition
You love her very much
Don't you?
You would not want to ruin her fate too
I must tell you that
the West Germany
intelligence has
investigated you thoroughly
Even using infra-red to film at night
I myself dissapprove of such methods
I would do anything
to destroy these tapes
You understand
To do that, it is necessary...
I want to see these tapes
Best not
I will stay at yours tonight
Stop!
I agree
Glad to hear it. I am
sure you will never regret it
Although I understand
how hard it was for you
Enough!
Your conditions?
Look outside
A magnificent sight, isn't it?
Here, in the ocean, lies
the salvation of human kind
From hunger for minerals and thirst
In the next hundred years the
continents will feel a lack of coal
Oil
Iron, and even fresh water
Of course, this is not
the only explanation
of increased
interest in the Ocean
There is another reason
Atomic submaries have
become a strong military force
The ability to exist underwater
for a lengthy period of time
Ease of movement
Makes them a fine strategic weapon
The Arctic is a unique region
of military submarine activity
Surfacing through the ice, the atomic
submarine reaches the North Pole
Electronic technology
allows precise target aim
A rocket fired from
underwated can reach
almost any point on
the Northern hemisphere
This is all very interesting
But I am not sure how it relates to me
You need to change
your field of work slightly
What do you mean?
You will work on the sea
Marine microbiology, to be precise
Do you think that is so simple?
No, you will receive
scientific materials from us
Present them in Leningrad as your own
That will help you intergrate into
the University which interests us
What will I need to
do in this University?
Do not hurry
Initially you need to stabilise
your position in the new place
To earn our full trust
At present I am forced to be very
cautious with you - that is my job
Tell me, do you regret leaving
you previous profession, physics?
Do you think I do not
realise what I am doing?
Both my side and yours are
accumulating a great military potential
Only the equal balance of forces
prevents the world from catastrophe
When one country overtakes
another in military technology level
Only you as a technology
intelligence worker
are able to unconspicously
restore harmony
Is that not a great goal?
I do not share your happiness
Spying is dirty work
I am forced to work for you
But for me science and
espionage will never be compatible
You will say that science
today works for the military
That is a well-used phrase
Not Einstein, others made
an atomic bomb of his theory
Yes, I used to reason just as you did
But time freed me of illusions
I prefer to live with illusions
Heya, how was the celebration in Meinz
Never better
I bet you didn't waste time
Hello?
Borya, what happened?
It was all ok
Do you hear me?
I think we are both being watched
It is better for us not to meet
Boris, darling, what happened?
Why are you silent
Borya!
Studying oceanography?
I did not know you scientific
interests are so wide
We have not seen each other for a
long time and I have missed you terribly
Maybe let us play?
Just one little game
I am sorry, I must run
Wait, we will have to
play our farewell game
That is what Doctor Brooks asked
You won't need to think
Everything has been thought of for us
Taking a pawn means
your materials are acquired
Castling the long way means
a personal meeting is needed
Not bad, huh?
Yes
Very well thought of
Gentlemen, our year of
working together is over
I see our separation
with sadness and with joy
Gentlemen
Let us drink for biology
For our science which I consider sacred
It is my conviction that there is no
science more human than biology
You are leaving?
Yes, Sonya, tomorrow
I know something happened with you
Am I to blame somehow?
I was suffering thinking of
that all the time we were apart
No, Sonya, it is not your fault
Then what?
You do not know
We could not have met
It would have turned against you
and I must know all is well with you
That nothing threatens you
Now I must leave
Right now that is the only way out
I cannot live without you, Boris
Maybe everything will be well
Excuse me please
Mr Lebedev, if I am not mistaken?
Yes
Pleased to meet you, I am Dr Karson
All right, Boris, speak later
Please
I have a small gift
from Dr Mullman for you
We met at the congress in the Hague
I can bring the gift to you tomorrow
After eight pm
I will try to return by the
end of the perfomance
Excuse me
Please come in
Thank you
Maybe you would like tea or coffee?
Now I am keeping house
alone, Mother is in the country
Thank you, I will not stay long
You know every minute
is valuable for a tourist
I was asked to pass this gift to you
Thank you for the book
That is too much, really
It is strange that Dr Mullman
sent me a book on oceanography
Mullman?
That is the first time I hear this name
Did you not mention it yesterday?
No, I spoke of Dr Brooks
There is some misunderstanding
You have confused me with
someone, I know of no Dr Brooks
Brooks asked me to tell you, Alex
Your trial period is over,
time for serious work
Hide this packed at yours for now
It will need to be passed on
to one of our Soviet friends
Who cannot meet foreigners himself
We will inform you where
and when you should pass it on
Money is hidden in the books cover,
and page 341 contains a coded message
With future tasks
Boris Petrovich?
You must be in the Hermtage at two-thirty
Yes, Roden's building
No, you will be approached
A stunning sculpture
Come down to the smoking room
The task is being cancelled
Where is the package?
Excuse me, you dropped something
Be calmer
Calmer
Your prevoius materials received a
high mark and helped us in some ways
Have you familiarised yourself
with the new instructions?
I am leaving on an
expedition to the Barentsev sea
In a month
Very well, I will let Dr Brooks know
He will find a way to give
you detailed instructions
When, where?
Do not worry, we will find a way
Prepare
Hi, Boris
Here is the probe
The meeting place with
Dr Brook.... Degrees latitude
Degrees longtitude
Machine to a hundred
I will go check the buoy
You brought the walkie-talkie?
Lower the boat from the left
You have changed
The sea has done you good, colleague
Glad to see you
Me also
I hope your boat is
far enough, the locators
from "Persei"
could see it
Yes, I know. They will
return for me in two hours
We need to discuss things thoroughly
Sound, that is the problem
Radiowaves we use to communicate
cannot pass through water
We can only locate our enemy using sound
But for that we need to know all
that affects sound quality and speed
Temperature and salt
concentration of water
Warm and cold currents,
the sea-bed surface
Even microorganism presence.
Gradually, will our help you will find
know your way around these issues
Here is your task
It addition to what we discussed before
This is much more serious
compared to your previous tasks
The new real work begins
They are already coming for me
The circumstances must have changed
Well then, time to say good-bye
I wish you success, colleague
See you, Mr Brooks
Seal openings, immediate submergence
Take a seat, please
You understand fully what happened to
you and need no consolations, do you?
Your name is well-known to me since 1945
Then you worked with Miss Yasus
And worked with Hitler's
atomic bomb secrets
I was simply an army
special-service agent
Then later, I would come across your
name in the context of rocket business
And now we meet in the ocean
Yes, Sir Brooks, you and
I are far from young men
Yes
You recognise the signature
It is not mine
You are a soviet secret service agent?
No
I have just one question
As well as his scientific activities
Did Lebedev do anything else?
No
Boris is only a scientist
Yes, only
Shortly before Fashing,
we discovered a
provocation against
Lebedev is being prepared
A few days in advance we were
able to warn Boris of the danger
We decided there was no need
to interrupt his scholarly sabbatical
Just one thing we
could not have predicted
That you will sink to a violent abduction
And use force
When Dr Karson appeared in Leningrad
It became clear you
have long-reaching aims
We had no choice but to respond
That is the only role Boris had
By the way, we have a high opinion of you
Thank you
I didn't write to you for a long time
I needed time to understand
how hard it is without you
I want to see you
I will come to you
I do not know when it will become
possible, it needs strength to achieve
It is Christmas here now
When I was coming back
from Meinz University,
the fairground
roundabouts were spinning
But the streets were empty
and everything for me stopped
I am glad you decided to come
I understand that is difficult
Maybe like no-one else, I know
what a difficult world we live in
But I know that from
this unbelievable difficulty
we need to obtain the
simplest and kindest truths
I have a lot of work now
This will help me to wait
The End
First Creative Union 1969
Castling the long way
Script: Yuri Vasil'ev Vladimir Grigor'ev
Screenplay: Vladimir Grigor'ev
Operator: Vladimir Chymak
Artist: E. Gukov
Composer: A. Gagulashvili
Sound operator: I. Volkova
Montage: R. Shvarz Director: M.
Sheinin Operator: Yu. Voronzov
Costumes: E. Amshinskaya
Make-up: A. Bufetova
Assistant directors: V.
Zhyravel' A. Grigor'ev N.
Stepanov Operators: G. Alehin
D. Garashenkov V. Markov
Editor V. Shwarz
Conductor Yu. Serebriakov
Director: B. Griner
Actors: Boris Lebedev -
ALEKSANDR DEM'YANENKO
Brooks: AL'GIMANTAS MASYULIS
Sonya - IRINA VAVILOVA
Rebrov - P. LUSPEKAEV Viktor: O. KORNICH
Konchinski - M. EKATERININSKY, Henry
- G. POLOKA, Karson - S. KOSMAUSKAS
In episodes: Z. Dorogova L.
Dranizin N. Zhyravel' N. Karpenko
Yu. Nesterov G. Nilov A.
Suvorov V. Tumanov M. Yurasova
Put your glasses on
You have arrived
You don't recognise me?
My surname is Brooks
I don't care
Put me in touch with the Embassy
Do not start with the banale
You are an intelligent man
Put me in touch with the Embassy!
Read
Here
Lower
In light of above, I
ask for political asylum
Do you recognise the signature?
Not mine
You are too categorical
Tests can be performed
These injections
What was injected?
Calm down
There will be no more injections
You had alcohol poisoning
Try to remember
Yesterday night in
Meinz in the restaraunt
During the celebration
Do you remember?
Oh yes, you really are unwell
You need a rest
Well, how was it?
He is overly excitable
That is what appeals to me
With whom was he on
probation in West Germany?
With Professor Mullmann
From the Heidenberg university. He
is of very high opinion about Lebedev
His intellect is ten or
eleven on a twelve-bar scale
It does not concern
you that he is a biologist
No, it does not concern me
Not even a tiny bit
On the contrary - he will be useful to
us as he knows the necessary material
Have you really stopped the injection?
Yes. I want him to
decide with a clear mind
Otherwise he may surprise us later
He can surprise us now
- there are two days untill
the end and his
dissappearance may be noticed
During two days I will find a key to him
But... in case of most extreme scenario
We have psychiatric hospitals
No injections
Calm down
The injections are abolished
But you will have to take this
It is a sleeping pill
Everything is all right
Try to fall asleep
Let's go
Where were you?
Just conversation with
a chance aquintance
Well then
Today you look at lot better
Maybe there is something
you'd like to ask of me
Please, do not be shy
My tie
Naturally, it will be returned to you
Actually...
It does not match
As you like
Let us not play hide-and-seek,
as they say in Russia
We are interested in you
We hope to generate interest in response
You hope to create a revolution
in biology with my help?
I am glad you have not
lost a sense of humour
So, about your business
You have not become involved by accident
If one looks at you carefully
It is not hard to guess that you
have somehow lost yourself in life
Interesting
I was born in Leningrad
During the blockade, in winter
I was very weak and barely survived
Only started walking
two-and-a-half years old
Then they noticed one of my
legs was shorter than the other
Blockade rations and all that
When I was nine I had an operation
but never could completely stop limping
Just a little imperfection,
and because of it...
You retreated into yourself
Discovered a painfully high self-esteem
You immersed yourself
fully in books, in Science
But it is unlikely that you were
valued as high as you deserved to be
But your probation period in
West Germany went splendidly
By the way, you met Sonya Sterz there
Do you remember how
you were tortured by doubts?
Who Fraulein Sof'ya would
prefer: yourself or Victor?
I am forced to listen to whatever
rubbish comes into your head
But one thing I insist on
Do not pry into my private life
Ok?
Who has a private life nowadays?
A private life!
I want to help you find yourself
We want action - unstoppable
protest against the goverment
That is the main aim of the
Union of German Socialist Students
Initally we need to limit the
universities link with industry
This is how we can prevent
the serial production of idiots
I would genuinely like
to wish you success
But what will you achieve?
When you become parents,
your children will also rebel
Rebel against you!
You radical view is simply a
manifestation of biological aggression
It will burn out with age
How old are you?
You are our guest and we
are forced to speak politely
You are wrong to be
shy, I say what I think
Young people must find a
way to cooperate with society
The question is - with which society
We have started to look carefully at our
society and we are convinced it is rotten
It emits a stink
You ought to cut your hair
more often or use deodorant
You want to cleanse society?
Look carefully at yourselves
Who have you chosen as your teachers?
The argentinian Che Guevara
The frenchman Juilles De Braille
The black man Fanon
Some of you the chinese man, Mao
Do you present a united power?
Which is capable of making society better
Yes, we have different leaders,
but we care about the same problems
The place of the King and Kennedy
brothers makes us no less furious
than the appeance in our
country of followers of Adolf Hitler
One of whom shot our Comrade Rody Duchki
We have the same mottos
and a wide set of political right
The participation in
university management
Stopping the war in Vietnam
Nothing has united
American and British students
as much as protesting
against the Vietnam war
Only russian students
have remained indifferent to it
You became a student during the Korean
war and studied in three colleges since
It is time for you to speak on
behalf of an older generation
I do not think you are as naive
as you try to pretend you are
It is the help our country provides
Vietnam, including weapons
Which holds the invasion
within certain boundaries
But you did not answer the question
Is that the official viewpoint?
I would like to know
your personal opinion
Thirty years ago russian
men went to fight in Spain
Like young americans, french, germans
Are you satisfied by my reply?
Thank you
I would like to ask
your friend a question
What does he think
about Marks' doctrine of the
death of "State"
during socialism?
Is it correct?
Yes, historical
circumstances will lead to a
replacement of State
with communal goverment
But only during Communism
Is that your personal opinion?
If an atomic war does not get in our way
Bravo, you spoke wonderfully!
Although what you believe
is, of course, unachievable
And what do you believe in?
My Dear, illusions are very dangerous
It is them which will one
day lead to an explosion
Practicality, on the contrary,
allows to calm the beast
At every step we demonstrate
our devotion to society
Our readiness to serve it
Where as in reality we
are serving all of humankind
You do not agree?
Your friend is a great
dancer, the girl too
Yes, I liked you back then
Your entire being was
keen on achieving one goal
To conquer Sonya
It was then, as should have been expected
You said something you should not have
What exactly?
Are you familiar with this Magazine?
Aren't you?
The replacement of
state with community ruling
- that what young
Soviet scientists deman
That can be achieved if the
goverment does not start an atomic war
They claimed
Falsification
The wording is somewhat
licensious, but when this article
is put together with your
dissappearance from Germany
And appearance here
Just one question
Please
Tell me. That day, in
the castle of Hornberg
Were you not ashamed
to pretend to be a scholar
No, I really am a scholar
Not a biologist like you, a physisist
Interesting, which domain of
Physics do your current activities fit?
My young colleague
The last days of war
Hitler already had rockets
that could start from submarines
He was going to use them to
attack New York and your Leningrad
Due to the spy activity, Hitlers
secrets remained no longer his alone
Maybe that is why you are alive
Hitler's secrets
Hitlers secrets became yours
when our troops entered Berlin
Very well
Let us no longer speak
of the dead man Hitler
Let us instead speak of your
compatriot, Professor Konchinsky
Sir Lebedev, Sir Chernov - Doctor
Mullman awaits you in the library
I can give you good news - your
paper has been published in America
Look, I have kept my promise
You will receive payment in a month
In your place I would wait untill you
return to Leningrad before publication
Are you serious?
In any case, you would be
published abroad sooner or later
You know, times have changed
In the past, biologists used to be
quartered for respecting the West
Now the West bows to us
for what we are doing here
I did not know you had such opinions
Here are the two young
slackers I told you about
Professor Konchinsky
would like to meet you
Our famous compatriot
Greetings, Sirs
I have read your article
Very interesting
My colleague Chernov is also
writing a very interesting piece of work
Yes, especially his methodology
Pleasant to hear it
I carefully follow works
of young russian biologists
Even though we belong
to different generations
By the way, Gentlemen, I
have come to make you an offer
Would you like to work in
my laboratory for a year or two
I think my colleague
here will not be jealous
I have secrets to share
Business-related and otherwise
Personally, I'd love to
accept your offer but...
I hope you understand it does
not just depend on my wishes
I understand
I want just one thing: for
everything to be open between us
I left Russia as a student
With my parents
Except one occasion,
for which I paid dearly
I never got involved in politics
I corresponded with
Vavilov and Shemerkaudze
But now these names are
respected in Russia, as far as I know
I do not know what is
thought of me in my Homeland
But I always felt for my Homeland...
In short, Gentlemen
My soul is pure
In front of you
If I tempt you to join me for a year
Do you think you
aquiantance with
Konchinsky will do
you any favours there?'
Not at all
His speech about emigrants is published
The year 1921
There are newer ones
Two young russian scientist are
invited to work in West Germany
So what?
How can this emigrant newspaper
have known about a private conversation?
It is on the tape of your tape-recorder
Quite possibly
But you have not replied to my question
It seems that Konchinsky is
collaborating with the emigrants
Oh yes
It will look just like that
You are wrong to view it so lightly
By the way, would you
like to know what your
friend Chernov thinks of
Konchinskys invitation?
A fantastic offer
guarantees a great career
The old man is so
famous that after working
with him you will be
taken to any laboratory
Even in the States
That is impossible
By the way, I don't
know about Boris, but I...
Do you mean that girl, Sonya? For her...
Again you misunderstand me
Turns out he is smarter than you,
and you are left with nothing again
What are you on about?
Who do you want to deceive?
You think I don't know
what happened between you
There is something
appealing in being able
to read other's
thoughts, isn't there?
Yes
If you forget for a
minute it is dishonourable
Yes, dishonourable
But do not forget what
sort of world we live in
Lies all around
Spies
Betrayal
Better to read thoughts of others
than to allow them to read yours
You will find that out soon
Today you met with Professor Konchinsky
A lovely, though somewhat naive old
man offers you to work for him for a year
If it is worth fighting
for this, then only for S.
By this mysterious "S."
I assume Sonya Sterz is meant
Now you recognise your own handwriting
Remember what you wrote
on the 14th of february?
I never thought I could be so happy
This takes me higher
than what I could imagine
It is not hard to understand
For know reasons, you were
not spoilt by female attention
And then, on the 14th february...
You are easily influenced
But are direct enough
You life will be long
Very
The line of fate
The line of fate...
Is about 30 years long
Another line appears
Which is next to the first
line and strengthens it
What a pleasant surprise!
Happy to see you, Sonya
But it seems you do not feel
the same. Have I guessed right?
You guessed right
Boris
Your girlfriend has lovely manners
She cannot spit in a man's face
I wanted a chess game
Will have to do it next time
Bye!
Do you have any wine?
No, Sonya
I have some in the car
Will you go get it?
My dad died in 1944
That is why I do not remember him at all
When he died, things
were hard for Mother and I
One time, we did not eat for several days
So I went to the refuse-tip
Wanted to find something
But it was too late
So, and suddently
A woman with a bucket
Gave me two herring-heads
I grabbed them, ran
But then saw a girl
standing in an entrance
A girl just like me maybe a little older
She was looking at me
I stretched the fish heads out to her
She grabbed them and
shouted to me: Get lost!
I couldn't step away, I just
stood there and looked at her
Then she lifted her arm and...
Why am I telling you all this?
It's my Grandmothers
I will stay at yours tonight
They told me you are not eating
That is a mistake -
you need your strength
Another piece of advice
Never reveal your feelings
I have already started to reform
Great
So let us talk about Sonya Sterz
Do you not think there is something
strange in the way she treats you?
I do not think that
You are tired?
Mummy sent a letter
Is inviting us to Meinz for three days
You thought of this trip yourself
Myself?
Mummy will be pleased
How will you introduce me?
My mum does not ask questions
May I ask you a stupid question?
Borya...
We are together
What else can there be?
We will be together
for another month or two
Do you think about that?
Borya
Can you stay here for a year at least?
No
I cannot go with you
My mother is here
My Father
My Father lived here, everything
is here for me, you see?
You will leave, I will stay
Both you and I must continue living
Or do you think we will
jump under a train together?
No
Borya
Let us not make
things difficult, I ask you
You do it cunningly
You could do it too
I lack the imagination
Nonsense
It is very simple
We have the equipment to record
sound at a distance of 50-70 metres
Even if you whisper
But with the permission
of your friend, the
microphone could
have been on her person
Bravo
First Chernov, Konchinsky
Now Sonya
There is no love, friendship
Denying it is no less
banale than believing it
My goal is different
Life is such that you
are unlikely to be believed
But rather our version will be trusted
Any tale about Sonya will be trusted
And when you believe this you
will have to collaborate with us
You are wasting your time
We have almost reached our goal
It remains to remind
you of your trip to Meinz
To the celebration of "Fashing"
Lebedev
That is for the sleeves
This medal is given for the best dance
This is a princess crown
Greeting at the Fashing and then kissing
You probably will not understand me
But I was always against Slavistics
Sonya is obstinate
Just like her dad
She wanted to read
Dostoevsky in the original
Mummy has started on her favourite topic
Really, I am not sure why you
are so against Slavic studies
English, Italian, Japanese
give well-paid jobs
Where as Slavic studies
What?
What is up with you
I do not want to work
In any large company
Life is harsher than
you would like it to be
Boris, are there similar
celebrations in Russia?
Maslenitsia
Before they would ride on
Troika horse-carriages with bells
Burned straw dolls symbolising winter
Made pancakes
Boris, I want to ask
What is wrong with your leg?
With my leg
I was born during the Leningrad Blockade
In winter
You are unfair towards him
Our feelings for each other are serious
Maybe he is a great
person, but he is from Russia
Everything repeats itself, Sonya
Everything
Your Father was german
How much he had to go
through because I am Chekh
Maybe he will stay in
Germany another year
He has been invited to work
In a large laboratory
He promised
Did you really promise her?
No
How can you prove that
How can you explain what
happened in the restaraunt yesterday
Sonya was a little drunk
And that is it?
No-one will believe that
Do you want to spoil
the celebration for me?
Just today I ask you
not to create problems
Do not drink, Sonya
Leave me alone!
I am a grown-up
I know for myself what I
should and should not do
You do not want to
give anything up for me
Who have we here?
Where did you come from?
Just like you I have come to celebrate
Where they drink the most
Sonechka, you will allow me?
What to do with you,
fool, you may sit here
Let us drink
Let us
I am bored otherwise here
With pleasure, my dear fools
Who is that man?
Offering heroin
Listen, maybe you should try some?
A real man should experience
everything, right, Sonya?
What are you laughing at?
Based on your hair...
You are an idiot
Sonya!
Brudershaft
How I understand you
But it is worth staying for this girl
What do you mean?
Do not pretend to be a fool
I know everything
So
Twelve hours later, you were here
Now you can assess
the situation for yourself
You were constantly
connected to Henry Arland
He is well known as a
drug-dealer by international police
It is likely that you discussed your
Homeland unfavourably with him
The emigrant Konchinsky
offered you to stay in Germany
Sonya Sterz also
encouraged you to do that
In the Meinz restarant
during celebrations
You started drunk debauchery
You ended up at
the police-station,
afraid of the consequences
of your actions
Naturally, you came to us
asking for political asylum
That is how it will all appear
I want to help you find yourself
To become stronger
More confident
To control your life
Instead of being a
robot amongst thousands
No everyone is capable
of it, but you could
Now
With my help
If you refuse - your life and
scientific career will perish anyway
Suspicious looks behind your back
You will remain a loser
In addition
You love her very much
Don't you?
You would not want to ruin her fate too
I must tell you that
the West Germany
intelligence has
investigated you thoroughly
Even using infra-red to film at night
I myself dissapprove of such methods
I would do anything
to destroy these tapes
You understand
To do that, it is necessary...
I want to see these tapes
Best not
I will stay at yours tonight
Stop!
I agree
Glad to hear it. I am
sure you will never regret it
Although I understand
how hard it was for you
Enough!
Your conditions?
Look outside
A magnificent sight, isn't it?
Here, in the ocean, lies
the salvation of human kind
From hunger for minerals and thirst
In the next hundred years the
continents will feel a lack of coal
Oil
Iron, and even fresh water
Of course, this is not
the only explanation
of increased
interest in the Ocean
There is another reason
Atomic submaries have
become a strong military force
The ability to exist underwater
for a lengthy period of time
Ease of movement
Makes them a fine strategic weapon
The Arctic is a unique region
of military submarine activity
Surfacing through the ice, the atomic
submarine reaches the North Pole
Electronic technology
allows precise target aim
A rocket fired from
underwated can reach
almost any point on
the Northern hemisphere
This is all very interesting
But I am not sure how it relates to me
You need to change
your field of work slightly
What do you mean?
You will work on the sea
Marine microbiology, to be precise
Do you think that is so simple?
No, you will receive
scientific materials from us
Present them in Leningrad as your own
That will help you intergrate into
the University which interests us
What will I need to
do in this University?
Do not hurry
Initially you need to stabilise
your position in the new place
To earn our full trust
At present I am forced to be very
cautious with you - that is my job
Tell me, do you regret leaving
you previous profession, physics?
Do you think I do not
realise what I am doing?
Both my side and yours are
accumulating a great military potential
Only the equal balance of forces
prevents the world from catastrophe
When one country overtakes
another in military technology level
Only you as a technology
intelligence worker
are able to unconspicously
restore harmony
Is that not a great goal?
I do not share your happiness
Spying is dirty work
I am forced to work for you
But for me science and
espionage will never be compatible
You will say that science
today works for the military
That is a well-used phrase
Not Einstein, others made
an atomic bomb of his theory
Yes, I used to reason just as you did
But time freed me of illusions
I prefer to live with illusions
Heya, how was the celebration in Meinz
Never better
I bet you didn't waste time
Hello?
Borya, what happened?
It was all ok
Do you hear me?
I think we are both being watched
It is better for us not to meet
Boris, darling, what happened?
Why are you silent
Borya!
Studying oceanography?
I did not know you scientific
interests are so wide
We have not seen each other for a
long time and I have missed you terribly
Maybe let us play?
Just one little game
I am sorry, I must run
Wait, we will have to
play our farewell game
That is what Doctor Brooks asked
You won't need to think
Everything has been thought of for us
Taking a pawn means
your materials are acquired
Castling the long way means
a personal meeting is needed
Not bad, huh?
Yes
Very well thought of
Gentlemen, our year of
working together is over
I see our separation
with sadness and with joy
Gentlemen
Let us drink for biology
For our science which I consider sacred
It is my conviction that there is no
science more human than biology
You are leaving?
Yes, Sonya, tomorrow
I know something happened with you
Am I to blame somehow?
I was suffering thinking of
that all the time we were apart
No, Sonya, it is not your fault
Then what?
You do not know
We could not have met
It would have turned against you
and I must know all is well with you
That nothing threatens you
Now I must leave
Right now that is the only way out
I cannot live without you, Boris
Maybe everything will be well
Excuse me please
Mr Lebedev, if I am not mistaken?
Yes
Pleased to meet you, I am Dr Karson
All right, Boris, speak later
Please
I have a small gift
from Dr Mullman for you
We met at the congress in the Hague
I can bring the gift to you tomorrow
After eight pm
I will try to return by the
end of the perfomance
Excuse me
Please come in
Thank you
Maybe you would like tea or coffee?
Now I am keeping house
alone, Mother is in the country
Thank you, I will not stay long
You know every minute
is valuable for a tourist
I was asked to pass this gift to you
Thank you for the book
That is too much, really
It is strange that Dr Mullman
sent me a book on oceanography
Mullman?
That is the first time I hear this name
Did you not mention it yesterday?
No, I spoke of Dr Brooks
There is some misunderstanding
You have confused me with
someone, I know of no Dr Brooks
Brooks asked me to tell you, Alex
Your trial period is over,
time for serious work
Hide this packed at yours for now
It will need to be passed on
to one of our Soviet friends
Who cannot meet foreigners himself
We will inform you where
and when you should pass it on
Money is hidden in the books cover,
and page 341 contains a coded message
With future tasks
Boris Petrovich?
You must be in the Hermtage at two-thirty
Yes, Roden's building
No, you will be approached
A stunning sculpture
Come down to the smoking room
The task is being cancelled
Where is the package?
Excuse me, you dropped something
Be calmer
Calmer
Your prevoius materials received a
high mark and helped us in some ways
Have you familiarised yourself
with the new instructions?
I am leaving on an
expedition to the Barentsev sea
In a month
Very well, I will let Dr Brooks know
He will find a way to give
you detailed instructions
When, where?
Do not worry, we will find a way
Prepare
Hi, Boris
Here is the probe
The meeting place with
Dr Brook.... Degrees latitude
Degrees longtitude
Machine to a hundred
I will go check the buoy
You brought the walkie-talkie?
Lower the boat from the left
You have changed
The sea has done you good, colleague
Glad to see you
Me also
I hope your boat is
far enough, the locators
from "Persei"
could see it
Yes, I know. They will
return for me in two hours
We need to discuss things thoroughly
Sound, that is the problem
Radiowaves we use to communicate
cannot pass through water
We can only locate our enemy using sound
But for that we need to know all
that affects sound quality and speed
Temperature and salt
concentration of water
Warm and cold currents,
the sea-bed surface
Even microorganism presence.
Gradually, will our help you will find
know your way around these issues
Here is your task
It addition to what we discussed before
This is much more serious
compared to your previous tasks
The new real work begins
They are already coming for me
The circumstances must have changed
Well then, time to say good-bye
I wish you success, colleague
See you, Mr Brooks
Seal openings, immediate submergence
Take a seat, please
You understand fully what happened to
you and need no consolations, do you?
Your name is well-known to me since 1945
Then you worked with Miss Yasus
And worked with Hitler's
atomic bomb secrets
I was simply an army
special-service agent
Then later, I would come across your
name in the context of rocket business
And now we meet in the ocean
Yes, Sir Brooks, you and
I are far from young men
Yes
You recognise the signature
It is not mine
You are a soviet secret service agent?
No
I have just one question
As well as his scientific activities
Did Lebedev do anything else?
No
Boris is only a scientist
Yes, only
Shortly before Fashing,
we discovered a
provocation against
Lebedev is being prepared
A few days in advance we were
able to warn Boris of the danger
We decided there was no need
to interrupt his scholarly sabbatical
Just one thing we
could not have predicted
That you will sink to a violent abduction
And use force
When Dr Karson appeared in Leningrad
It became clear you
have long-reaching aims
We had no choice but to respond
That is the only role Boris had
By the way, we have a high opinion of you
Thank you
I didn't write to you for a long time
I needed time to understand
how hard it is without you
I want to see you
I will come to you
I do not know when it will become
possible, it needs strength to achieve
It is Christmas here now
When I was coming back
from Meinz University,
the fairground
roundabouts were spinning
But the streets were empty
and everything for me stopped
I am glad you decided to come
I understand that is difficult
Maybe like no-one else, I know
what a difficult world we live in
But I know that from
this unbelievable difficulty
we need to obtain the
simplest and kindest truths
I have a lot of work now
This will help me to wait
The End